Driving-gear for motor-vehicles.



w. BUSHE-Y. DRIVING GEAR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLIUATION IILBD SEP'LZS,1909.

967,722. Patented Aug. 16, 1310.-

all whom it may 'concern. T Be it known that I, WVILLIAM BUSI-IEY, a qitizen of the United States, residing at incennes, in the'county of Knoxand State f Indiana, have invented certain new and Iotor-Vchicles; and-Ido declare the 'folv owmg to be a full, clear, andexactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enappertains to .make and 'use the same.

'Ihis lnvention relates to improvements in dr1v1ng gear for motorvehicles' a simple and inexpensive drivin gear whereby a motor may beconnecte to an and thereby propelling the .vehicle.

With th1s an .other objects in View, the

of construction, combination and arran ement of parts, as w1ll be morefully eappended claim. v.

In' the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the runninggear of a vehicle showing the application of the invention thereto; Fig.2 is a side view of the same;

hub of one of the vehiclewheels showing the manner in which the drivinggear is secured thereto; Fig. 4'is an end View of'the side View ofshaft.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the runnmg'gear'of a vehicle, said gear may be of any suitable construction and ishere shown as "consistiug of front and rear axles 2 and 3', said axlesbeing connected together by theusual reach 4:, to which the rear axle isfurther connected by brace bars 5. On the front-I axle are'arrangedsupporting wheels 6 and on the rear axle are arranged supporting anddriving wheels '7.

Revolubly mounted in suitable bearings on the reach 4 of the gear is adrive shaft 8, which may be connected for operation in any suitablemanner to a motor arranged in the vehicle. The motor forms no part 1 of.the present inventlon, and 1s therefore not shown in the drawings. Inthe first UNITED STATES PATENT WILLIAM BUSHEY, 0F VINCENNES, INDIANA.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 23, 1909.Serial No. 519,173.

iseful Improvements in Driving-Gears for.

able others skilled inthe art to which it The object of the invention'isto provide ordinary vehicle wheel fordriving the same invention consistsof certain novel features scribed and particularly pointed outin theFig. 3. is an enlarged sectional view of the.

same; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of. the hub engaging collars;Fig. 6 1s a detaila modified form of driving OFFICE.-

DRIVING-GEAR For. MoTon-vEHioLEs.

Patented Aug'f16, 1910.

figures of the drawings, the shaft 8 is shown fixedly mounted crankdisks 1l, having ar ranged on their-outer sides eccentric WIlSt pins12,,to which are connected pitman rods 13, whichv extend back to therear driving and supcportin' -w heels 7 of the vehicle. The rear en s oft e pitmanrods l3 are opera;

tively connected to the hubs 14 of the rear,

driving and supporting wheels by means of collars 15, which are insertedin the end of the hubs andsecuredto'the same by a series of set screws16 arranged in'the sand bands,

of the hubs and screwed-into engagement with tlie sides of the collars,as clearly shown lars 15 are provided with laterally projectingeccentrically arranged wrist -pins 17 to which the rear ends of thepitman rods 13 are connected.

A driving gear constructed as herein described may be'applied to andoperatively connected with the running gear of an ordinary vehicleWithout altering any' of they parts of the same.

the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended ex )lanation.

Various changes. in the iorm, proportion and the minor detailsofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the Jrincine orsacrificin an "of the advan-.

tages ofthis invention as defined-in the appended cIann I I claim as myinvei'ltion':

'75 in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings. The coli A driving mechanism forvehicles comprising a suitably operated driveshaft revolubly mounted onthe running gear of the vehicle, crank disks arranged on theoppositeends of said shafhwrist 1)ll1S:.0CCClltll0ally secured to said disks.pihnan rods connected at their forward ("ids to said wrist ins; sandbands on the ends of the hubs of the rear wheels, collars arranged insaid sand bands, set screws passing through the sand bands at intervalsto'rcinovably and adjust From the foregoing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings,

ably secure said collars to the sand bands, my hand in presence of'twosubscribing wit anld wrist gins progacting laterally (flronfl saigmesses. c0 ars an enga e by the rear en s 0' sai I Eitman rods, whiebythe movement of said WILLIAM BUSHDY' 5 rive shaft is transmitted to therear wheels Witnesses:

of the vehicle t0.pr0pe1 the latter. E. H. L. WOLF,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set JOHN T. BROKIIAGE.

